Pre-Visit Activities : Decomposers are Recyclers : Objectives Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities

The learner will be able to:

• Plan and conduct a simple experiment on decomposition and use the sense of sight to gather information and collect data.
• Describe the important role that decomposers play in communities.
• Explain that decomposers, primarily bacteria and fungi, use wastes and dead organisms for food, but are unable to decompose certain man-made materials.